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The most-publicised advantage over the stock Linux filesystem, EXT2, is that it is a journalled filesystem which uses journalled metadata. This feature greatly reduces the risk of filesystem corruption (and the need for lengthy file-system checks) after an unscheduled system shutdown through power outage or a system crash. Unfortunately, it requires users of EXT2 to completely reformat their disks, which is a disadvantage not shared by its main competitor EXT3.
ReiserFS also handles directories containing huge numbers of small files very efficiently. This is important when handling Usenet news spools.
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